Whitaker Studio

My friends at RARA are organising a life drawing class next...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:42:03 +0000

My friends at RARA are organising a life drawing class next month with a bit of a difference…

LIFE DRAWING at the Redundant Architects Recreation Association (RARA).

The Royal Institute of British Architects London (RIBA London) invite you to the finale in their Life Drawing Sessions.

Draw the carcass through the stages of its dissemblance. Careful carving and skilled butchering will be on show for all to document.

Thursday 29th March
1900-2100

RARA
Unit 2
Grosvenor Way
Clapton E5 9ND

£5 per person

Drawing Materials, Pork and Ale will be available for a small contribution

Book online at www.architecture.com/thesocial

Amazon Studios

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:34:00 +0000

I noticed this about a year ago and thought it might be of interest to any of you out there keen to get your scripts realised. Amazon’s aim is to find the best film ideas out there and pair them up with producers and studios so they can be realised. Cool eh?!

I’ve just upped my game on Facebook and created a proper...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:22:09 +0000

I’ve just upped my game on Facebook and created a proper page for Whitaker Studio. If you want to find out what Paul did talk about when I met him like us on Facebook!

A year ago a small ad agency based in Hechingen, south Germany...

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:41:25 +0000

A year ago a small ad agency based in Hechingen, south Germany commissioned me to design them a studio for their fledgling company. Unfortunately their start-up stopped before it started and the studio was never realised, but before it did stop we had just enough time to come up with a design. Inspired by the growth of crystals in a chemistry test tube I designed a studio using shipping containers as the raw material. Fanning out from a central core, the containers created a floor plan that would allow teams to have their own spaces while still allowing all activity to be seen, encouraging cross pollination of ideas. Above ground floor the containers reached up towards the sky, tracking the suns path and channelling light back down into the heart of the building.

I even had enough time to give Michael Poulard, at Gardiner & Theobald, a quick call and he put me in touch with their Berlin office. As luck would have it the quantity surveyor in the Berlin office had just finished working on a job that involved a lot of steel work and he instantly knew who to speak to about sourcing shipping containers from Rotterdam, before being cut and welded by a company in north Germany, before being delivered to site in south Germany. It all started to look quite feasible on their modest budget of £250,000.

But then the start-up stopped. What could have been…

You can find out more details on my website under Projects - Hechingen Studio.

Here’s a portrait from yesterday’s shoot that I...

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:17:30 +0000

Here’s a portrait from yesterday’s shoot that I quite like.

Psychologists say today is the most depressing day of the year...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:33:39 +0000

Psychologists say today is the most depressing day of the year (obviously they haven’t tried supporting England during the Euros), so here’s a photo for anyone suffering in work today.

Blue Monday

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:19:03 +0000

Blue Monday

Quads

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:30:05 +0100

Quads

I’ve been experimenting a little over the last month,...

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:28:46 +0100

I’ve been experimenting a little over the last month, enjoying the darker evenings. I’m going to continue with some of the ideas when I get back in November but for the time being here are the results of some of my evening excursions.

Over the last month I’ve started contributing to Gallery...

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:51:00 +0100

Over the last month I’ve started contributing to Gallery Stock - a premium, rights-managed, photography library based in New York. You’ll find some of the photographs from my personal work there like the photograph above of Nathan. If you haven’t visited the Gallery Stock site before it’s definitely worth a visit; there are some terrific images there from some great exponents of the art.

Felix

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:48:54 +0100

Felix

A set of portraits from a few weeks ago that I just unearthed.

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:22:19 +0100

A set of portraits from a few weeks ago that I just unearthed.

Before the rain arrives again, here’s a couple of photos...

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:29:00 +0100

Before the rain arrives again, here’s a couple of photos to remind us that it was sunny once this summer! We had a great time out on the Heath last week soaking up some sun during a shoot.

Last month I shot a series of portraits for the Royal Institue...

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:06:49 +0100

Last month I shot a series of portraits for the Royal Institue of British Architects for their campaign for student pay. Over the last two years there has been a significant increase in the number of new graduates being asked to work for free by the industry, and so the series of case studies that I was involved in are aimed at highlighting to practices the skills that graduates bring to the table.

Thanks very much to all involved, it was lovely meeting you all and your help and cooperation was hugely appreciated! A special thank you as well to the site foreman who stepped in at the last minute as my assistant, half way up a tower block in Glasgow.

If you are an architect and want to find out more visit the RIBA Appointments website.

Sam Potts 1979-2011 I just heard the very sad news that Sam...

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:28:58 +0100

Sam Potts 1979-2011

I just heard the very sad news that Sam Potts has passed away after a short battle with cancer. I photographed Sam two years ago for the After Redundancy series and have kept in touch since. He always had an amazing amount of curious and entertaining projects going on and the world will be a less colourful place without him. He will be missed.

There are some nice, new portraits up on my website now over at...

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:23:00 +0100

There are some nice, new portraits up on my website now over at www.whitakerstudio.co.uk and if you visit RIBA’s website you can see a series of portraits that I shot for them last month.

My brother tipped me off about the rather nice site...

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:50:00 +0100

My brother tipped me off about the rather nice site First-Stop.org a couple of days ago. It’s a great idea and an essential resource for creatives on the hunt for a photographer or illustrator.

Here’s a photo to start the week. I shot it a few weeks...

Mon, 23 May 2011 09:36:39 +0100

Here’s a photo to start the week. I shot it a few weeks ago but it seemed to be calling out to me this morning after a weekend of Scottish wedding celebrations with friends.

Hope you’re all having a good Monday so far!

My friend Tom has been having a go at programming for the Xbox...

Tue, 17 May 2011 19:46:05 +0100

My friend Tom has been having a go at programming for the Xbox kinect, and devised this rather fun juggling game! I’m looking forward to seeing what he gets up to with it now that he’s had a successful test…

A photo for today from a shoot last week.

Tue, 17 May 2011 19:19:40 +0100

A photo for today from a shoot last week.